Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics explained

Event:Cross-country skiing
Games:1976 Winter
Venue:Seefeld
Dates:February 5–14
Num Events:7
Competitors:165 (114 men, 51 women)
Nations:24
Prev:Sapporo 1972
Next:Lake Placid 1980

The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results. The women's 3 × 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 × 5 km relay at these games.[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

15 km
43:58.4744:01.1044:19.25
30 km
1:30:29.381:30:57.841:31:09.29
50 km
2:37:30.052:38:13.212:39:39.21
4 × 10 km relay

Matti Pitkänen
Juha Mieto
Pertti Teurajärvi
Arto Koivisto
2:07:59.72
Pål Tyldum
Einar Sagstuen
Ivar Formo
Odd Martinsen
2:09:58.36
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Sergey Savelyev
Ivan Garanin
2:10:51.46

Women's events

5 km
15:48.6915:49.7316:12.82
10 km
30:13.4130:14.2830:38.61
4 × 5 km relay

Nina Baldycheva
Zinaida Amosova
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova
1:07:49.75
Liisa Suikhonen
Marjatta Kajosmaa
Hilkka Riihivuori
Helena Takalo
1:08:36.57
Monika Debertshäuser
Sigrun Krause
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse
1:09:57.95

Participating NOCs

Twenty four nations participated in Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games.

Doping controversy

Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished third in the women's 5 km event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine. She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay.[2] This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/CCS/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 June 2019.
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/galina-kulakova-1.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110120175019/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/galina-kulakova-1.html . January 20, 2011 . dmy-all.